Advantages and benefi ts for members Practice-orientated research work for of the Society of Hop Research the hop and brewing industry (Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung e.V.) to Regensburg >> Member of a solidarity committee, founded as early as to Nürnberg 1926 by far-sighted and responsible brewers, that au Ingolstadt guaranteed the supply of high quality hops ever since St. Johann Hallert Hop Research Center A9 >> Co-operation in specialist committees (e.g., Committee for Elsendorf Technology and Science), ensuring infl uence on the main Mainburg Hüll fi elds and objectives of research A93 >> Information on the latest developments (e.g., Newsletter Railway station Hüll Rohrbach and Annual Report) Wolnzach Au >> Possibility to award research projects to Landshut Pfaffenhofen B301 Research projects are supported by, e.g.: Freising- eihenstephan >> The Bavarian State Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry W A92 (Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten) A9 >> The Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Munich Airport Protection to (Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz) Stuttgart / Augsburg >> The German Federal Foundation for the Environment (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) >> European Hop Research Council Contact addresses: München (Munich) >> Scientifi c Station of Munich Breweries Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung e.V. (Wissenschaftliche Station für Brauerei in München e.V.) Hüll 5 1/3, D-85283 Wolnzach, Germany >> Research Funding of the German Breweries phone: +49 (0)8442/35 97 | fax: +49 (0)8442/28 71 (Wissenschaftsförderung der Deutschen Brauwirtschaft) e-mail: [email protected] | www.hopfenforschung.de >> various breweries and companies of the hop Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft industry in Germany and abroad Institut für Pfl anzenbau und Pfl anzenzüchtung The successfully practised hop research at Hüll is the result Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll of a purposeful co-operation between the Society of Hop Hüll 5 1/3, D-85283 Wolnzach, Germany Research (Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung e.V., run ac- phone: +49 (0)8442/92 57-0 | fax: +49 (0)8442/92 57-70 cording to private law), supported by its members — mainly e-mail: [email protected] breweries — and the Free State of Bavaria, represented by www.LfL.bayern.de/ipz/hopfen/ the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (Bayer- ische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft). Imprint: Publisher: - Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL) Vöttinger Str. 38 | 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan - Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung e.V. (address as above) Edited by: - Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll Bayerische Landesanstallt Gesellschaft für 2., revised edition 2006 © 2006 LfL und GfH. All rights reserved für Landwirtschaft Hopfenforschung The Hop Research Center Hüll Main fi elds of research in the heart of the Hallertau With a worldwide recognised competence and completely inde- 1. Breeding of new hop cultivars 3. Development of strategies to control pendent of company interests, in Hüll all questions concerning pests and diseases hops are dealt with. >> with excellent brewing quality >> Tests to optimise the use of pesticides, without detri- The central geographic situation of the Hop Research Center >> with good resistance to pests and diseases mental residues and a maximum of ecological harm- Hüll in the Hallertau, which is the largest coherent hop growing >> with good agronomical characteristics lessness region in the world, has many advantages: >> by applying classical cross breeding, supported by biotech- >> Development of control thresholds and forecasting >> Direct contact to the hop growers in the Hallertau nology and genome analysis. systems >> Immediate proximity to the world’s most important hop New cultivars that are in line with current market requirements >> Examination of suitable pesticides trading companies and processing plants as well as to are released to growing after registration. the research laboratories in Au, Mainburg, St. Johann, >> Optimising of spraying techniques and Wolnzach Hop cultivars from Hüll: >> Development of alternative pest control methods >> Proximity to the leading institutes for brewing technology Aroma cultivars High alpha cultivars and agricultural science of the Technical University of Munich Perle Hallertauer Magnum in Freising-Weihenstephan 4. Analysis of all important hop constituents, Hallertauer Tradition Hallertauer Taurus and development of new analytical methods Spalter Select Hallertauer Merkur Saphir Herkules Bitter conductometric titration, HPLC, Opal substances NIR Smaragd Essential oils head space gas chromatography, water steam distillation, SPME (= solid phase micro-extraction) 2. Environmentally friendly and quality-oriented Polyphenols Xanthohumol, Quercetin, hop production Kaempferol using HPLC; Financing institutions of >> Development of new growing techniques and environ- total polyphenols, the Hop Research Center Hüll mentally sound production procedures fl avanoids with spectrophotometry >> Optimised fertilisation to avoid groundwater pollution and The Society of Hop Research >> Organisation and evaluation of ring analyses for the to minimise the nitrate content in hops (Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung e.V.) quality assurance in alpha-acid determinations promotes current main fi elds of research and puts at disposal >> Reduction of soil erosion and nitrate leaching by green free of charge: manure cropping 5. Transfer of research results into practice >> the required experimental farmland for the breeding of >> Development of optimum drying and conditioning pro- by competent and detailed advice of hop new cultivars cedures to ensure brewing quality growers >> the institute buildings with modern laboratory equipment >> three green-house buildings (1,100 m²) >> buildings and equipment for hop growing trials The Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern) >> bears the personnel expenditure for research and advice >> covers the current operating costs.